Abdulkadir Musa
| Interview | Gabriele von Arnim |
| Interview language | German |
| Country of origin | syrian kurdistan |
| Year of migration | 1995 |
| Interview length | 02:17:40 |
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Sequencing
| 1 | Introduction Abdulkadir Musa | ||||
| 2 | Childhood | ||||
| 2.1 | Amude, North-Syria | ||||
| 2.2 | Family and immigrant background | ||||
| 2.3 | Living conditions and structure of the household | ||||
| 2.4 | Duties as a child | ||||
| 2.5 | Collective life in the backyard | ||||
| 2.6 | Occupations of the women of the family | ||||
| 2.7 | Religion in the family | ||||
| 2.8 | Ban of the kurdish language and suppression | ||||
| 2.9 | Ban of kurdish names | ||||
| 2.10 | Kurdish identity | ||||
| 2.11 | Most beautiful picture of childhood | ||||
| 3 | Kurdistan as cultural space | ||||
| 4.1 | Political commitment | ||||
| 4.2 | Politics and it's danger for Kurdish people | ||||
| 5 | Cultural encouragment in the family | ||||
| 6.1 | Language as home | ||||
| 6.2 | Language and personality | ||||
| 7 | Studies and move from Amute to Aleppo | ||||
| 8 | Siblings | ||||
| 9 | Atmosphere in Aleppo during the 80ies | ||||
| 10 | Education, Art and Poetry | ||||
| 11 | Fluctuating between kurdish and arabic language | ||||
| 12 | Politics, Language and Freedom | ||||
| 13 | Nationalism | ||||
| 14 | Law of Minorities | ||||
| 15 | Political borders | ||||
| 16 | Political activities | ||||
| 16.1 | Arrests and escape from Aleppo | ||||
| 16.2 | Activism in university | ||||
| 16.3 | In Syria illegaly and with fake identity | ||||
| 16.4 | Experience of prison | ||||
| 17 | Escape | ||||
| 17.1 | Thoughts about escaping | ||||
| 17.2 | The route and goodbye | ||||
| 17.3 | Destination of the escape | ||||
| 17.4 | In Turkey | ||||
| 17.5 | Fear of crossing the border | ||||
| 18 | Germany | ||||
| 18.1 | Arrival in Munich without documents | ||||
| 18.2 | Arrest at the airport and prison | ||||
| 18.3 | Interrogation and asylum consultation | ||||
| 18.4 | Contact with family | ||||
| 18.5 | Refugee camp | ||||
| 18.6 | Contact with other kurdish refugees | ||||
| 18.7 | Shared accomodation and learning german | ||||
| 19 | Poems as a method of coping with longing | ||||
| 20 | Training and social work | ||||
| 21 | Interst in psychology and sociology | ||||
| 22 | Magdeburg | ||||
| 22.1 | Move to Magdeburg, working as cultural mediator | ||||
| 22.2 | Psychological reaction of people and culture | ||||
| 22.3 | Own status | ||||
| 22.4 | Working as a translator | ||||
| 22.5 | Contact with other authors and poets | ||||
| 22.6 | Marriage and wife | ||||
| 22.7 | Wife's death and move to Berlin | ||||
| 23 | Berlin | ||||
| 23.1 | Social work in Berlin | ||||
| 23.2 | Impression and knowledge about Germany | ||||
| 24 | German mentality | ||||
| 25 | Racism and xenophobia in Germany | ||||
| 26 | Generalisation of people from the Middle East after 2001 | ||||
| 27 | Integration and assimilation | ||||
| 28 | Working for a kurdish society | ||||
| 29 | Adaption and identity | ||||
| 30 | German citizenship | ||||
| 31 | Daughter and cultural identity | ||||
| 32 | Feeling of arriving in Germany | ||||
| 33 | Literature | ||||
| 33.1 | Literary activities in Berlin | ||||
| 33.2 | Political conflicts in Middle East and cultural borders | ||||
| 33.3 | Arabian-Israeli dialogue via literature | ||||
| 33.4 | Scholarship for literary work | ||||
| 34 | Longing and Memories | ||||
| 35 | Return | ||||
| 36.1 | Poem "Little smuggler" | ||||
| 36.2 | Poem in kurdish | ||||
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